After the flood in Yanyang City was resolved, the triennial rural examination soon came.
Throughout the country, all scholars are looking forward to this day, but also very afraid of this day. The provincial examination can be said to be a nightmare in the minds of those who do not study hard.
Today, there are only four days until the national provincial examination. Scholars who are not in the provincial capital have begun to pack their bags and prepare to take the examination. Even Chen Ziyuan from Xitong County is no exception.
Seeing Sun Chunxu packing so many things, Zi Yuan was a little surprised: "Uncle Xu, why are you packing so many things in the provincial capital?"
Uncle Xu raised his head, looked at the ten-year-old Chen Ziyuan beside him, and said, "Do you think it's enough to go to the provincial capital and bring your brain with you? Uncle Xu, I don't have that much money."
Upon hearing this, Chen Ziyuan smiled slightly, stopped saying anything, and helped Chunxu clean up.
This time when going to the provincial capital, it was enough for Chunxu to take Ziyuan alone.
There are not many requirements for those who participate in the township examination. They only need to be over ten years old and pass the county examination, prefectural examination, and hospital examination to participate in the township examination.
For Chen Ziyuan, these tests have been passed, so why is there no impression.
In this regard, Sun Chunxu asked: "Zi Yuan, didn't we go to the last government examination once? Have you forgotten?"
Ziyuan shook his head and said firmly: "I haven't forgotten. Last time we went to Ningyu Mansion to participate in the imperial examination, this time we went to Nanning Mansion."
Listening to Zi Yuan's words, Sun Chunxu smiled: "Didn't you bring so many last time?"
Ziyuan nodded: "I didn't bring as many as I did last time."
Only then did Sun Chunxu realize that he had remembered it wrong, and he smiled and said nothing more.
The horse that Zheng Zhui had brought was waiting at the door.
After packing up, Chunxu walked out with a large bag of things. Ziyuan looked at Li Xiran behind him with empty hands: "Mom, I'm leaving first."
Li Xiran nodded with a smile. Seeing Zi Yuan about to leave, he suddenly felt reluctant to come. His eyes became moist for some reason, but seeing that Zi Yuan had not left yet, Xi Ran stopped her tears and looked at Zi Yuan leaving. Go look like.
Walking outside the door, Chunxu first put the baggage on the ground, looked at Ziyuan who was approaching, then hugged it with both hands and placed it on the saddle.
Then, Chunxu grabbed the saddle tightly with one hand, stepped on the pedal with one foot, and then with a hard force, he climbed up.
"Zheng Zhui." Chunxu called out.
Hearing Chunxu's shout, Zheng Zhui raised his head, looked at Chunxu, and responded: "Hey."
"Help me get the baggage."
After hearing this, Zheng Zhui retracted his hand holding Ma Longtou and walked towards the baggage.
Zheng Chui gently picked up the baggage with one hand, walked in, raised his hand again, and handed the baggage to Sun Chunxu easily.
After taking the baggage, Chunxu tied it on his back, then held the reins tightly with both hands, looked at the two people at home, and said: "Zheng Zhui, take care of Xi Ran while I'm not at home, and wait until we come back."
"Okay." Zheng Zhui nodded in agreement.
"Mother, bye!" Zi Yuan waved his little hand.
"Okay, bye, be careful along the way." Xi Ran warned.
Just when Chunxu was about to pull the reins tightly and drive the horse away, Mr. Ziyuan came over.
"Zi Yuan." The gentleman said with a smile on his face.
Ziyuan turned to look at his husband with the same smile on his face.
"Be sure to remember what your teacher talks about every day. The Provincial Examination is the first big test in your life, so don't be careless. Sir, he sees you working hard on weekdays, and he just said that you can easily pass the Provincial Examination. You don't have to go too far. Be confident, Sir is just encouraging you.”
Hearing what his husband said, Chen Ziyuan, who was originally very proud, suddenly couldn't be proud anymore.
"Understood, sir."
"Okay, sir, I won't say any more, just walk slowly on the road and try to pass the exam!" Sir encouraged.
Chen Ziyuan nodded with a smile on his face: "Yeah. Thank you, sir."
After finishing speaking, Sun Chunxu pulled the reins tightly and shouted: "Let's go."
The horse came obediently.
While Chen Ziyuan was looking left and right, he noticed a familiar figure at the foot of a wall. Upon closer inspection, he saw that it was He Qingxue.
With a smile on her face, she didn't dare to run over to say goodbye, so she waved her right hand and said goodbye to Ziyuan.
Seeing her saying goodbye to him, Ziyuan didn't care about what was going on over there and waved his little hand without saying a word.
What's funny is that He Qingxue's position was not at a large angle to Mr. Ziyuan and his family. Seeing Ziyuan waving, Mr. and others waved together.
But what they didn't know was that Zi Yuan was not waving goodbye to him, but to the girl He Qingxue.
Xitong County is located at the top of Guangnan Province, while the provincial capital is in the middle. In order not to affect the itinerary, we did not choose to go there by horse-drawn carriage.
Fortunately, the journey went smoothly and there was no delay. It was only morning when we arrived at Fucheng, Nanning Prefecture, and the provincial examination was tomorrow morning.
Entering Fucheng, seeing the people coming and going in Fucheng, and looking at the toys and various jewelry displayed on many stalls, it was an eye-opener for ten-year-old Chen Ziyuan.
Of course, he came to this city not to play, but to take an exam. Ten-year-old Chen Ziyuan could take back his heart.
As he walked, Chunxu looked up and saw four big characters written on the plaque of the inn - Xilai Inn.
The name of this inn was just right, so Sun Chunxu decided to stop at this inn.
"Xu."
After saying this, the horse stopped obediently, and the waiter of the inn hurriedly walked out.
"Sir, please come inside, please come inside."
Chunxu got off the horse first, and then took ten-year-old Chen Ziyuan off the saddle.
"We are staying here for a few days. Please take the horse to the stable and give it some grass." Chunxu ordered.
"Okay, guest sir, please come in."
After that, the waiter took Chunxu's horse away.
Only then did I realize that Sun Chunxu was different today. Today he was wearing a bamboo hat, with black gauze put down to cover his face, and a piece of black cloth covered inside.
But seeing that Zi Yuan didn't ask Chun Xu, I thought Sun Chunxu must have explained it to Zi Yuan when he came.
"Sir, are you staying overnight?" the shopkeeper asked.
Chunxu nodded: "One room is enough, it's best to be quiet."
After hearing what the man said, the shopkeeper nodded and responded: "Okay. Three taels of silver."
After hearing this, Chunxu took out the money and handed it to the shopkeeper.
There was also a long knife slung around his waist. Those who knew him were a policeman from Xitong County, but those who didn't knew him thought he was a gangster.
No wonder the shopkeeper was so panicked all of a sudden. It turned out to be because he saw Chunxu's appearance. When he saw the child beside him, he wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.
"Sir, the room is ready. Go up to the second floor from here. Room Er Lu Lu." After saying this, the shopkeeper gave me a receipt.
After taking the receipt, Chunxu took Ziyuan's little hand with one hand and walked towards the stairs with the receipt in the other.
But I have to say, this room number is quite unique.
After going up to the second floor and finding the room, Chunxu still hadn't taken off the bamboo hat, not even the black cloth covering his face inside.
"Ziyuan."
Listening to Uncle Xu's words, Zi Yuan turned his head and began to cooperate with Chun Xu in acting.
"father."
Seeing that Ziyuan cooperated well, Chunxu continued to ask: "Are you hungry?"
Ziyuan nodded.
At this time, Chunxu stood up, picked up the baggage, held Ziyuan's hand in one hand, and walked out.
No matter where he goes, Chunxu wears a bamboo hat and holds a long knife at his waist.
At a noodle shop, Chunxu stopped and smelled the fragrant smell coming over. Chunxu took Ziyuan's little hand and walked over.
"Boss! Two bowls of noodles!"
"Okay! Two bowls of noodles!"
Chunxu and Ziyuan sat up in an empty seat.
"Zi Yuan, if you want to go somewhere today, tell dad and he will take you there. This is a big provincial capital and you don't know the way. I will lose you in a while." Chun Xu warned.
Listening to Uncle Xu's words, Ziyuan nodded: "I understand, Dad."
"Here comes the noodles!" The boss brought over two bowls of noodles.
After putting it away, the boss smiled happily and said, "You two gentlemen, please use it with caution."
Picking up the chopsticks, Ziyuan began to eat.
Sun Chunxu, on the other hand, first looked around to see if there were any suspicious people or people staring at him. When he saw no suspicious people, he took off his hat and ate carefully and quickly.
After eating, Chunxu hurriedly put on his bamboo hat and waited for Chen Ziyuan who had not finished eating yet.
Perhaps it was because he seldom ate food from outside, but Chen Ziyuan looked very satisfied after eating.
After waiting for Ziyuan to finish eating, Chunxu hurriedly paid and walked out of the noodle shop.
"Ziyuan, do you want to go shopping somewhere?" Chunxu asked.
Perhaps knowing that it was not easy for Uncle Xu, he shook his head: "I don't want to go shopping. Dad, let's go back to the inn."
"good."
Sun Chunxu was very pleased to see such a sensible Chen Ziyuan.
When he arrived at the inn, Zi Yuan did not relax for a moment and hurriedly consolidated the knowledge he had learned.
Chunxu was so bored that he kept looking out the window, like a policeman guarding a prisoner.
The next day.
Before dawn, there were sounds on the street.
"Boom--boom, boom, boom, boom!"
Several sounds of gongs sounded in the street, and then the gongs were heard shouting: "Go to bed early and get up early, take care of yourself. Named on the gold list, win three yuan in a row!"
After the watchers left, half an hour later, I saw several candidates walking out on the street carrying lanterns and walking towards the Gongyuan.
At this time, the sky was just getting bright, and Ziyuan also stood up at this time.
After sorting out the necessary items in the house, the sound of movement woke up Sun Chunxu, who was still sleeping.
Seeing that Zi Yuan was going to Gongyuan to take the exam, Chun Xu hurriedly got up and wanted to help Zi Yuan organize the things he needed, but Zi Yuan refused.
"Dad, go to sleep. I can do it myself."
Seeing that Ziyuan refused, Chunxu walked back to the bed, leaned on the bed and pretended to be asleep, squinting his eyes from time to time to see if Ziyuan had missed anything.
After packing his things, Ziyuan walked out with a lantern, heading in the same direction as the candidates taking the exam.
The provincial examination is divided into three sessions, each examination lasts three days, and the results are released one day after each examination.
Soon, Ziyuan had finished his first exam.